Study shows many moral decisions made on gut feel

From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Mon Sep 17 2001 - 15:42:44 MDT

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Study using brain scans shows emotional chunks of brain used in many
decisions: http://www.nature.com/nsu/010920/010920-1.html

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